James Hayes is a scholar of the Hong Kong region and its people. He worked in the New Territories for almost half his thirty-two years of government service, and was Regional Secretary in charge of district administration there in 1985-87. His publications include Friends and Teachers: Hong Kong and Its People 1953-87 and South China Village Culture.
This is a well researched and highly authoritative book on Hong Kong's New Territories. It will be a reference for years to come. -- Steve Tsang, Louis Cha Fellow and University Reader in Politics, St Antony's College, Oxford, author of A Modern History of Hong Kong What we are given here is, as always, meticulously researched, and all those who work on Hong Kong will welcome and make use of the many insights which the book contains. -- Hugh D.R. Baker Journal of the Hong Kong Branch, Royal Asiatic Society A richly textured account of this fascinating region. -- John M. Carroll The China Journal
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